• It is important for the poet not to be emotional because you cannot see the world clearly with tears in your eyes.

  Source: Interview with Kritya: In the Name of Poetry

  Billy Collins
  American poet
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. important
2. emotional
3. because
4. clearly
5. world
6. tears

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It is important for the poet not to be emotional because you cannot see the world clearly with tears in your eyes. by : Billy Collins

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